Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn
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Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn[1] (1516) is an etching by Dürer. Mary Margaret Heaton , Dürer's first English biographer called this work "a wild, weird conception" that "produces a most uncomfortable, shuddering impression on the beholder." The source or significance of the unicorn as the form of transport is unclear; Dürer's preparatory drawing showed a conventional horse. Pluto seems to be presented in a manner that recalls the leader of the Wild Hunt.
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